Test Architect

Virtusa; Jacksonville (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa seeks a strategic testing leader to oversee end-to-end testing governance across projects and releases in Jacksonville, GA. You will coordinate between BAs, sponsors, testing teams, and stakeholders to ensure testing is well-planned, executed, and aligned with release objectives.

The role drives testing quality, monitors progress and defects, and produces critical artifacts to support decisions throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 8 to 10 years of experience as a strategic testing leader overseeing end-to-end testing governance.
• Central point of coordination between BAs, sponsors, testing teams, and stakeholders.
• Drives testing quality, monitors progress, defects, and produces testing artifacts.
• Reviewing Project Scope (PTS) and Feature (Confluence) documents to assess ETE testing need.
• Lead alignment with BAs and Sponsor to define ETE scenarios early.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate ETE testing sign-off and resolve open questions before UAT.
• Coordinate TBED readiness aligning with Release Calendar and UAT environments.
• Drive Test Data Management prep via SharePoint to ensure data is ready.
• Own and distribute Testing Status Email during Unified Testing.
• Increase communication cadence for high-risk projects to maintain confidence.

Skills

Strategic testing leadership

End-to-end testing governance

Stakeholder coordination

Test data management

UAT readiness

Job description

Job Requirements

8 to 10 years of experience as a strategic testing leader responsible for overseeing and orchestrating end-to-end testing governance across projects and releases.

• To serve as the central point of coordination between Business Analysts, Business Sponsors, Testing Teams, and Project stakeholders — ensuring that testing activities are well-planned, properly executed, and aligned with release objectives.
• Drives testing quality, monitors progress and defect resolution, and produces key testing artifacts that support informed decision-making throughout the software delivery lifecycle
• Take ownership of reviewing theProject Scope document(in PTS) and, where available, theProject Feature document(in Confluence) to make an informed determination on whetherEnd-to-End (ETE) testingis required for the project.
• Proactively drive alignment by scheduling and leading conversations withBusiness Analysts (BAs)and theBusiness Sponsor— building a shared understanding of ETE scenarios and ensuring all impacted teams are identified early.
• Bring testing teams into the discussion to collaboratively finalize scenario steps and clear any outstanding questions before they become blockers.
• Target:Full ETE scenario sign-off and open questions resolvedno later than one week beforethe start of UAT/Unified Testing — setting the team up for a clean, confident testing entry
• Strategically coordinateTestbed (TBED) criteria pullreadiness by reminding testing teams to submit for UAT1 and UAT2 environments in alignment with theRelease Calendar— keeping the team ahead of critical timeline dependencies.
• DriveTest Data Management (TDM)preparation by coordinating or submitting requests as applicable through the designated SharePoint site, ensuring test data is available and ready before execution begins
• Own And Distribute TheTesting Status EmailduringUnified Testing— Serving As The Team's Visibility Anchor. Calibrate Communication Frequency To The Project's Risk Posture
• Low concern projects:Send the day before or morning of the weeklyProject/Scrum of Scrums (SoS)call.
• Medium/High concern projects:Increase communication cadence to reflect urgency and maintain stakeholder confidence.

Job Requirements

8 to 10 years of experience as a strategic testing leader responsible for overseeing and orchestrating end-to-end testing governance across projects and releases.

• To serve as the central point of coordination between Business Analysts, Business Sponsors, Testing Teams, and Project stakeholders — ensuring that testing activities are well-planned, properly executed, and aligned with release objectives.
• Drives testing quality, monitors progress and defect resolution, and produces key testing artifacts that support informed decision-making throughout the software delivery lifecycle
• Take ownership of reviewing theProject Scope document(in PTS) and, where available, theProject Feature document(in Confluence) to make an informed determination on whetherEnd-to-End (ETE) testingis required for the project.
• Proactively drive alignment by scheduling and leading conversations withBusiness Analysts (BAs)and theBusiness Sponsor— building a shared understanding of ETE scenarios and ensuring all impacted teams are identified early.
• Bring testing teams into the discussion to collaboratively finalize scenario steps and clear any outstanding questions before they become blockers.
• Target:Full ETE scenario sign-off and open questions resolvedno later than one week beforethe start of UAT/Unified Testing — setting the team up for a clean, confident testing entry
• Strategically coordinateTestbed (TBED) criteria pullreadiness by reminding testing teams to submit for UAT1 and UAT2 environments in alignment with theRelease Calendar— keeping the team ahead of critical timeline dependencies.
• DriveTest Data Management (TDM)preparation by coordinating or submitting requests as applicable through the designated SharePoint site, ensuring test data is available and ready before execution begins
• Own And Distribute TheTesting Status EmailduringUnified Testing— Serving As The Team's Visibility Anchor. Calibrate Communication Frequency To The Project's Risk Posture
• Low concern projects:Send the day before or morning of the weeklyProject/Scrum of Scrums (SoS)call.
• Medium/High concern projects:Increase communication cadence to reflect urgency and maintain stakeholder confidence.

Work Experience

10-15Years